Letter: Attempts to stop DQSH are unconstitutional

Equal Access to a Public Facility has already been tried out in Louisiana when the city lost in court after attempting to ban just such an event. Other arguments made against the Drag Queen Story Hour are all non-starters under the Constitution.

But many at the City Council wanted to convict without crime and strip a lawful group of their civil rights without cause. They’ve painted all LGBT with the same pedophile brush.

How about we do that to Catholic priests? Isn’t our own diocese sitting on a list of ACTUAL child sex predators?

Their arguments boiled down to this: They can’t stand the sight of LGBT and they want them to stay out of public view. No one has to like it or participate. But you do have to show tolerance for the exercise of everyone’s civil rights.

I’d guess many of the same folks who support stripping away LGBT rights are also avid supporters of say, gun rights. I’m not a fan of guns at the zoo and bingo. It poses a risk to children and adults. When there is a mass shooting everyone goes tsk tsk, prays, and protects their guns. And then we all move on.

We all just have to accept the potential deaths of our kids as the price to pay for your gun rights. That’s a lot to tolerate compared to a library day